...simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And...

...lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate, of artless Maid, Sweet floweret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, lite thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the...

...lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share upteara thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet floweret of the rural shade! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid, Low i' the dust. Such is the...